Wrongful Death Lawsuit Verdicts & Settlements

Wrongful Death & Injury Verdicts

• Calvin v. Metro-Dade - $1.1 million verdict for a customs worker who suffered brain injury due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty air conditioning system at Miami International Airport. Through tireless investigation, we obtained evidence that revealed that the airport had carelessly located the fresh air conditioning intake units in the lower drive pickup area, which was a ready source of carbon monoxide.

Wrongful Death & Personal Injury Settlements

• M.J.S. v. Various Companies - $1.075 million settlement for death of man when his car ran off the road and hit a tree negligently planted in a median.

• K.L. v. Commercial Cruise Ship - K.L., a seaman aboard a commercial cruise vessel, injured his hand when it got caught on an improperly designed and maintained water maker. FREIDIN · DOBRINSKY sued the vessel owner under the Jones Act and for Unseaworthiness as well as the manufacturer of the water maker alleging that the manufacturer had negligently designed the water maker and the vessel owner improperly maintained the unit.

  FREIDIN · DOBRINSKY was able to obtain confidential settlements from the vessel owner and the manufacturer for the injuries the seaman sustained to his hand.

• O.W. v. Assisted Living Facility - our client, a 74-year-old woman, was a resident at a Miami-Dade County Assisted Living Facility (ALF). At the time of her admission to the ALF, our client was known to be a paranoid schizophrenic requiring anti-psychotic medication to reduce the effects of the schizophrenia, particularly delusions and hallucinations. Unfortunately, the facility failed to provide our client with appropriate medications and psychiatric care causing her to suffer from psychotic episodes which rendered her helpless to control hallucinations, delusions, fits of rage and aggression.

  On the last day of her admission, our client suffered from an uncontrolled psychotic rage, which caused the facility to call the police. In attempting to control our client, the police injured her eye, arrested her and had her put in jail.

  The attorneys at FREIDIN · DOBRINSKY persuaded the trial court that the Assisted Living Facilities actions warranted a claim for punitive damages. Soon after the court granted our client leave to amend her complaint to add a claim for punitive damages, the defendant agreed to settle the case and compensate our client for her injuries and her pain and suffering.

• L.S. v. Delivery Company - our client was standing in the lobby of her Bal Harbor, Florida condominium talking to the concierge when a delivery man ran into the lobby carrying four boxes in his arms. Because the boxes covered his view, the delivery man did not see our client and thus he ran into her and barreled her into the ground.

  As a result of this accident, our client suffered a severe injury to her pelvis which required hospitalization, and then treatment at a residential rehabilitation facility. Our client eventually returned home with the need for home health care.

  The attorneys at FREIDIN · DOBRINSKY were able to obtain a successful, confidential settlement for the plaintiff which fairly compensated her for her medical bills and her pain and suffering as a result of her injuries.

• N.W. v. Walt Disney - confidential settlement for a woman injured on the Body Wars ride.

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